What It Looks Like When AI Designs a City
Generative design tools powered by artificial intelligence stand to transform how architects and planners do their jobs, and how residents see urban problems.
When designers laboring away on a virtual cityscape began observing and tweaking their creation, one of the first things that jumped out at them, when they scanned down boulevards or looked across main streets, was the trees. More aptly, it was the unsettling lack of tree cover.
IN: Madhya Pradesh: Ujjain: Delegates from 30 different countries visit Smart City project
In a three-week international development program on project and risk management, delegates visited to the Ujjain Smart City Project Mahakal Mahalok.This educational program was organized and conducted by the Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi, under the Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) program, supported by the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India.
The delegates from Cote D'Ivoire, Algeria, Cameroon, Gambia, Nigeria, Togo, South Sudan, Uzbekistan, Comoros, South Africa, Iraq, Republic of Sao Tome, Ecuador, Myanmar, Laos, Uganda, Tajakistan, Mongolia, Mali, Cambodia, Bhutan, Vietnam, Ethopia, Ghana, Burundi, Palestine, Mozambique, Morocco, Sri Lanka, Kazakhstan, Madagaskar and Sierra Leone were briefed about the valuable insights into project management techniques and risk mitigation strategies, with a special focus on the Ujjain Smart City Project.
US: Pennsylvania: Philadelphia’s smart cities team reflects at the 4-year mark
Its Smart Cities Roadmap looks for public-private partnerships to inject technology solutions throughout city departments.
When Philadelphia’s Office of Innovation and Technology published its "Smart Cities Roadmap" in early 2019, the concept of a smart city wasn’t universally understood, city officials said.
IN: Unlocking the potential of AI in smart cities
The increasing connectivity of cities through IoT devices presents a remarkable opportunity
At the heart of the smart city concept lies a fundamental vision—to harness the power of information and communication technology (ICT) to tackle urban challenges head-on and build a connected, technologically advanced, and sustainable infrastructure. This transformative vision took flight in India with the inception of the Smart Cities Mission on June 25, 2015, spearheaded by PM Modi. Since then, India has made remarkable strides, with 34 cities already designated as smart cities, and a goal of completing the remaining 66 by the end of this year. The government has also increased its allocation for the Smart Cities Mission to Rs 16,000 crore for FY24 against the allocation of Rs 14,100 crore in FY23.
US: Smart and sustainable city solutions deliver on sustainability and resilience goals
Matthew Britt, GM, Smart Cities, Honeywell, said smart and sustainable city solutions can deliver on sustainability and resilience goals, at the Honeywell event, Charlotte, USA.
Cities are however, strained! Increasingly, residents are too! 55% of the world’s population lives in urban areas. That’s expected to increase to 68% by 2050 – an increase of 2.5 billion people. By 2030, the world is projected to have 43 megacities, with more than 10 million inhabitants each. Demand for water is forecast to drastically outstrip supply in multiple cities in India, China, Africa, and the Americas by 2030. Cities of the future will soon account for 90% of world’s population growth, 80% of carbon emissions, and 75% of energy consumption.